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Cleaning Green Beans

In French culinary arts, it is customary to remove both ends of the green bean. In North America, restaurants tend to only remove the top part (the one that was attached to the branch).

Depending on the quality of the green beans, they might be stringy or not. In any case, make sure to remove any string.

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You don’t want to cut off the ends, but rather snap them. 

Pull the snipped end.

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If the beans are stringy, the string will be pulled.

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